The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-09-20

loan has been subscribed, and NJ. de
Lesseps said the amount subscribed
would suffice for the present. Per-
haps the clever Frenchman is like the
Hawaiian "Nationalists," who talked
ten million and got a two million loan
bill passed.
AMONG several amendments to the
constitution of the American Legion
of Honor, to go into effect December
LIST, is a provision that hereafter no
person over fifty years of age can
become beneficial member of the
order, and that each member, as soon
as installed, becomes a contributor to
the benefit fund.
The Channel tunnel scheme, de-
feated in the British House of Com
mons two years ago by majority of
182, came up again recently, when
the majority against it was only forty
six This shows the prejudice against
the project, caused by fears of facii-
tating invasion Of England by
France, to be on the decline.
The malcontents may as well give
the land a rest from their dolorous
refrains. They are only trying to
bring about the fulfllment of their
own prophecies, and the result of
their crying wolf !" when the ami
NAL is not in sight will be that, if
ever danger does arise, the people
will not listen to the timely warning
of honest men.
The conductors of the AlaEaj con-
tinue to illustrate their defeat at the
polls with grotesque specimens of
the engraver's art. Friday it was
the picture of a balloon ascension,
signifying how the opposition had
gone up like smoke. The next should
have been the bursting of the balloon
in midair, to show the awful tumble
anti-ref0rm took on the 18th
THE largest vessel ever built in the
United States was launched by the
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company at
Wilmington, Delaware, last August.
1t was the steam barge John w. Gar
rett. built for the Baltimore q Ohio
Railroad Company. She is 366 feet
in length and rs feet at the widest
part, having the capacity of carrying
thirty freight and fifteen passenger
cars at a time.
The Earl of Aberdeen, who was in
Honolulu with the Countess shortly
"before the war;" addressing a depu-
tation that met him at Queenstown
on his return home, spoke of the
pleasant receptions he had met with
in his travels. He eulogized the
Irish as exhibiting qualities of
energy, enterprise and good citizen
ship wherever he had found them
settled in all quarters of the world.
Under the regime of "fuss and
feathers favored funkies We're sent
abroad to exhibit Hawaiian folly.
Reform Government employs practi-
cal men from abroad to plant new in
dustries in the land. In the former
case the peoples money was wasted in
foreign countries for nothing in the
latter it is expended at home with the
prospect of being returned hundred
fold.
A PAPER in South Carolina was dis
covered to be employing negro com
positors, and forthwith all the other
papers in the State boycotted it. The
strange part of it was that the offend
ing paper had always opposed negro
education There is no doubt that
under freedom the colored people of
the South are steadilyrising to higher
planes of intelligence and usefulness
than many people would once have
thought probable.
ONE of the pleasantest features of
the election was the thorough good
nature prevailing on all sides. This
state Of affairs shows that men of diff
ferent nationalities and languages
can both combine and divide here in
an electoral struggle without the
slightest jar on account Of race diver
sites. It is to be hoped the day Of
demagogues who would stir up dis
cord between nadonalities in Hawaii
has passed away forever.
IL our summary Of Fiji trade it
will have been seen that the export of
green fruit is an increasing branch
The Hawaiian Islands have only ba-
nanas to export in any quantity, al
though many other fruits could IN
doubleday be produced for export.
And with the exception Of bana1tas.
domestic fruit, as a rule, Is scarce
and high-priced in the home market.
There is room for great development
here in the matter Of fruit production.
Two items Of news in a San Fran
cisco paper show something of
what Hawaii is missing by being be
midland with diversified products.
One is the setting out Of 100000
olive trees and a half a million vines